My second shoot of the African American Parade that took place in New York on the third Sunday of September, left me crying my heart out.
I did not calculate my camera settings for darkness. Here we were at the end of the parade, and at around 5:45 p.m. a roaring sound of drum beats rendering “rat-tat-tat” sounds like a English band would make, announces “Here comes Baltimore!” The crowd cheers endlessly.
Darkness crept up rapidly and I held steadfast to a lens that does not capture low light, which is light that is dark. The band sped on by and then stopped! What happened was they began turning their bodies into “o’s” and then around and around! I missed that feat and dropped immediately into tears.
I am mastering light changes at shoots like these and planning for success at Baltimore and New York’s African American Parade.
